Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, to observe Presidents Day: Area post offices BBVA Compass Bank Fern Valley Water District Hemet Unified School District (Closed Feb. 20-24.) Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Water District Pine Cove Water District Riverside County offices U.S. Forest Service These will be open: Fern Creek Medical Center…
The Idyllwild Library has California and federal tax forms available free of charge. The Library hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The address is 54185 Pinecrest Ave.
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 7 — Medical aid, Highway 243, Idyllwild. Feb. 8 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Ave, Idyllwild. Feb. 9 — Cover assignment, Mountain Center. Feb. 12 — Two walk-in medical aids….
Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild (ARF) is offering three four-hour classes for pet owners and lovers. Do you know what to do in the event your beloved pet is choking, bleeding, bitten by a snake, quits breathing, breaks a leg or succumbs to one or more of dozens of other unfortunate medical emergencies? Learn how…
From Wednesday afternoon through night, about eight inches of snow fell in Idyllwild and 13.5 inches of snow fell in Pine Cove according to the National Weather Service. As you can see above, the Town Crier is open (except for Grace, Marshall, Sandy and Halie). And the roads have been plowed and cleared thanks to…
Burglaries in Idyllwild used to be a rare occurrence. The Sheriff’s reports were usually dominated with incidents in other Hill areas. In the past month Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has reported nine incidents in Idyllwild. Reported were a felony grand theft at a local campground and six burglaries — three residential, one business, one vehicle,…
The Idyllwild Community Recreation Council began the fall with great hopes for a number of new and resurrected recreation projects. As described at its Feb. 13 board meeting, the winter has been one of challenges and disappointments in which projects did not materialize as the board had hoped, A privately operated ice rink, which was…
The Idyllwild Arts Alumni Show opened Friday at the Parks Exhibition Center. The exhibit runs through March 2 …
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors and General Manager Jerry Holldber heard a presentation about a comprehensive tank maintenance program available from Utility Service, a Perry, Ga., division of the French company Suez Environment. The presentation occupied much of the Wednesday, Feb. 8 board meeting. Mark Wash, Utility Service’s water system consultant, and…
The county is busy with a number of disaster response plans, initiatives and trainings. Mountain Emergency Services Coordinator Gina Moran-McGough highlighted them at the monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 9. First, McGough recapped the county’s and local agencies’ interest in designating an alternate local emergency operations center where emergency responders could coordinate communication and disaster…
